The Rise and Fall of Barbara Potts

Photos and biographical article about Barbara Potts, former two-term reform mayor of Independence, Missouri, pushed out of office by "a quirky coalition of labor, veterans, firefighters, and trash haulers." Discussion of several issues such as her efforts in calling in "the FBI to investigate corruption in City Hall" in Independence, political fighting with such local leaders as her successor, "rough-around-the edges retired steelworker and union leader named Bill Carpenter," and reopening of the Independence city dump over usage of other landfills in surrounding areas, etc.